As you may
be aware, the US Postal Service recently released
(1998)its new "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast
cancer research

Since 1998, the stamp
has raised more than $50 million for breast cancer research

ALRIGHT
EVERYONE, lets do this!!!!!! We need those of you who are great at forwarding
information to your e-mail network. Please read and pass this on. It would be
wonderful if 2005 were the year a cure for breast cancer was found!! This is
one e-mail you should be glad to pass on. The notion that we could raise $35
million by buying a book of stamps is powerful!

Breast Cancer Stamp -
It's gorgeous!

As you may be aware, the US Postal Service released
its "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research in 1998. The stamp
was designed by Ethel Kessler of
Bethesda,
Maryland.
It is important that we take a stand against this disease that affects so many
of our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and friends.

Instead of the routine 37cents for a stamp, this one cost 45 cents. The
additional 8 cents will go to breast cancer research. A "normal" book costs
$7.40. This one is only $9.00. It takes a few minutes in line at the Post
Office and means so much. We can raise an additional $35,000,000 for this
vital research in 2005.

Just as important as the money is our support. What a statement it would make
if the stamp outsold the lottery this week. What a statesment it would make that
we care. I would urge you to do two things TODAY:1. Go out and
purchase some of these stamps.

2. E-mail your friends to do the same. We all know women and their families
whose lives are turned upside-down by breast cancer. It takes so little to
do so much in this drive. I think we can all afford the additional 1.20 cents
the new book costs.

The stamp depicts Diana, the huntress and goddess of
fertility, reaching behind her head to pull an arrow from her quiver to fend off
an enemy, in this case, breast cancer. The image reflects the same position
that a woman assumes for a breast self-exam and mammography.

Latest News:
Over 600 Million stamps sold!

Since 1998, the stamp has raised more
than $50 million for breast cancer research.

History

The U.S. Postal Service currently has
three 45-cent fundraising or "semi-postal" stamps available for purchase at Post
Offices, online at The Postal Store,
and by toll-free phone order at 1 800 STAMP-24.

The price of a semi-postal pays for the First-Class single-piece postage rate in
effect at the time of purchase plus an amount to fund causes that the Postal
Service determines to be in the national public interest and appropriate. By
law, revenue from sales (minus postage and the reasonable costs of the Postal
Service) is to be transferred to a selected executive agency or agencies.

Breast Cancer Research Stamp
The Breast Cancer Research semi-postal was issued on July 29, 1998, at a first
day ceremony held in the White House. It was the first semi-postal in U.S.
history.

To date, the stamp has raised more than $34 million for breast cancer research.
By law, 70 percent of the net amount raised is given to the National Institutes
of Health and 30 percent is given to the Medical Research Program at the
Department of Defense.

Designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, the stamp features the phrases, "Fund
the Fight" and "Find a Cure" and an illustration of a mythical "goddess of the
hunt" by Whitney Sherman of Baltimore.